JPH10273083A - Car body cover structure of vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve an aesthetic external appearance of a vehicle by preventing a screw fastening bearing surface of a cover member constituting a car body cover and the head part of a screw fastening this screw fastening bearing surface from being conspicuous on the external appearance surface of the car body cover. SOLUTION: In a car body cover structure of a vehicle which is constituted to form a screw fastening bearing surface 29 on a cover member 11 constituting a car body cover 10 and to fasten this screw fastening bearing surface 29 on a screw fastening pedestal 34 formed on an other member such as a leg shield cover 12 with a screw 42, the screw fastening bearing surface 29 is formed at the depth of an opening part 21 for ornament which is formed on the external appearance surface of the cover member 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of a vehicle body cover in which a plurality of cover members are fastened with screws (screw) and assembled.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A vehicle such as a scooter-type vehicle has a vehicle body frame which is entirely covered with a vehicle body cover and has a good appearance. In general, a vehicle body cover is assembled by fitting a plurality of synthetic resin cover members together with screw fastening. When fastening each cover member with screws, screw the screw fastening seat surface formed on the cover member to the screw fastening pedestal formed on the body frame or other cover members with screws, but such screw fastening places as much as possible Consideration is given to covering the screw fastening seat surface and the head of the screw with another cover member so as to be inconspicuous, so that the aesthetic appearance is prevented from deteriorating as much as possible.

[0003]

However, depending on the structure of the vehicle body cover, there is a portion where the screw fastening portion cannot be covered with another cover member. In such a portion, the screw fastening seat surface and the head of the screw are not provided. The aesthetic appearance is impaired by being exposed on the exterior surface of the body cover.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and a screw fastening seat surface of a cover member forming a vehicle body cover and a head of a screw for fastening the screw member are conspicuous on an external surface of the vehicle body cover. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle body cover structure capable of preventing such a situation and improving the aesthetic appearance of the vehicle.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in a vehicle body cover structure according to the present invention, a screw fastening seat surface is formed on a cover member constituting a vehicle body cover, and the screw fastening seat surface is provided with another screw fastening seat surface. In the vehicle body cover structure configured to be screwed to the screw fastening pedestal formed in the member of the above, the screw fastening seat surface is formed in the interior of the decorative opening formed in the outer surface of the cover member. Features.

As described above, if the screw fastening seat surface is formed at the back of the decorative opening formed on the outer surface of the cover member, the screw fastening seat surface and the head of the screw for fastening the screw fastening seat surface are located at the back of the decorative opening. And the vehicle exterior cover (cover member) becomes inconspicuous, so that the aesthetic appearance of the vehicle is greatly improved.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a left side view of a scooter type vehicle showing an example of a vehicle to which a vehicle body cover structure according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the scooter type vehicle.

In this scooter-type vehicle 1, the space between the handlebar 3 for steering the front wheels 2 and the seat 4 on which the occupant sits is deeply recessed downward, and a low and flat footrest 5 is provided here. Is provided. Also, below the seat 4,
A power unit 8 in which an engine 6 and a power transmission device 7 are integrally formed is suspended.
A rear wheel 9 is pivotally supported at the rear of the vehicle. The body frame (not shown) of the scooter type vehicle 1 is entirely covered with a streamlined body cover 10 made of synthetic resin, which improves the appearance of the scooter type vehicle 1, protects internal devices, and air resistance during traveling. And so on. The vehicle body cover 10 has three cover members 11,
12 and 13 and a plurality of cover members 14.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing three cover members 11, 12, and 13 constituting the front half of the vehicle body cover 10. As shown in FIG. FIG. 4A is a left side view of the forehead of the vehicle body cover 10 in which the IVA portion of FIG. 1 is enlarged, and FIG. 4B is a front view of a portion corresponding to FIG. FIG. 5 shows the VV of FIG. 4 (A).
It is a cross-sectional view along a line.

The front half of the body cover 10 has a front leg shield 11 as a cover member located at the forefront, a leg shield cover 12 fitted to the rear, and a foot connected to a lower rear edge of the leg shield cover 12. Placement part 5
And a step board 13 for forming the same.

The front leg shield 11 has a large fork opening 16 through which a front fork 15 supporting the front wheel 2 passes, and a lamp opening through which a headlamp 17 is mounted.
18 and a grill opening 20 to which a grill 19 for introducing cooling air is attached. Also, fork opening 16
A pair of decorative openings in the shape of an air duct on the left and right sides of
21 and 21 are formed, and a large number of decorative openings 22, 22,...

Lamp opening of front leg shield 11
A recessed screw fastening seat surface 24 is formed in the upper part of the 18, and tongue-shaped screw fastening seat surfaces 25, 25 are formed on both left and right sides inside the grill opening 20. Then, the three screws 26 inserted into these three screw fastening seat surfaces 24, 25, 25 from the front are fastened to three screw fastening pedestals (not shown) provided on the front head of the vehicle body frame, and the The leg shield 11 is fixed.

The front leg shield 11 has a pair of left and right screw fastening pedestals 28, 28 on the rear side of the upper part thereof.
Are formed in a protruding shape extending rearward, screw fastening seat surfaces 29, 29 are formed behind the right and left decorative openings 21, and among the many decorative openings 22, the most in the vehicle width direction. Screw fastening seat surface 30,
30 are formed. In this manner, the screw fastening seat surfaces 29, 2 formed at the back of the decorative opening 21 and the decorative opening 22 are described.
9, 30, and 30 are located a few centimeters behind the external surface of the front leg shield 11. A plurality of fitting claws 31 are formed on the outer periphery of the front leg shield 11.

On the other hand, the leg shield cover 12 is provided with a pair of left and right screw fastening seats 33, 33 at its upper part, and a pair of left and right screw fastening pedestals 34, 34 at an intermediate portion. Further, a pair of left and right screw fastening seats 35, 35 and screw fastening seats 36, 36 are formed at a lower portion. Further, a plurality of fitting claws 37 are formed on the outer peripheral portion of the leg shield cover 12. On the other hand, screw fastening seat surfaces 39 are formed at four corners of the upper surface of the step board 13, and a pair of left and right screw fastening pedestals 40, 40
Are formed.

The leg shield cover 12 is superimposed on the back of the front leg shield 11 and has a plurality of fitting claws.
37 are fitted into the fitting claws 31 of the front leg shield 11. Then, the two screws 41, 41 inserted from the rear into the screw fastening seat surfaces 33, 33 on the upper part of the leg shield cover 12 are fastened to the screw fastening pedestals 28, 28 on the upper rear side of the front leg shield 11. Also, two screws 42, 42 inserted from the front into screw fastening seat surfaces 29, 29 formed at the back of the decorative opening 21 of the front leg shield 11, are leg shield covers.
It is fastened to twelve screw fastening pedestals 34,34.

Further, screw fastening seat surfaces 30, 30 formed at the back of the decorative opening 22 of the front leg shield 11 are provided.
The two screws 43, 43 inserted from the front into the screw fastening seat surfaces 35, 35 under the leg shield cover 12
And screwed to the screw fastening pedestals 40, 40 on the left and right front portions of the step board 13.

The screw fastening seat surfaces 39 at the four corners of the step board 13 have four screws 45 inserted from above.
Is fixed to the body frame by
The screws 45, 45 penetrate vertically through the screw fastening seats 36, 36 of the leg shield cover 12 and are then fastened to the vehicle body frame.

The front half of the vehicle body cover 10 is thus constructed. In this vehicle body cover 10, screw fastening seat surfaces 29, 29 and 30, 30 are formed at the back of the decorative openings 21, 21, 22 and 22 of the front leg shield 11,
These screw fastening seat surfaces 29, 29, 30, 30 are screwed to other members, that is, screw fastening seats 34, 34, 40, 40 formed on the leg shield cover 12 and the step board 13, and screws 42, 42, 43, 43. The screw fastening seat surfaces 29, 29, 30, 30 and the heads of the screws 42, 42, 43, 43 for tightening the screw fastening seats 29, 29, 30, 30 It is housed in the back and is less noticeable on the external surface A (see FIG. 5) of the front leg shield 11. Accordingly, the number of screw fastening seat surfaces and the number of screw heads exposed on the outer surface (front surface) of the front leg shield 11 are minimized, and the aesthetic appearance of the scooter type vehicle 1 is greatly improved.

It is to be noted that a decorative opening is formed not only on the front leg shield 11 constituting the front half of the vehicle body cover 10 but also on an external surface of another cover member constituting the other part of the vehicle body cover 10, and the inner side thereof is provided with a decorative opening. Alternatively, a similar screw fastening portion may be formed to make the head of the screw inconspicuous. Also,
The screw fastening portion may be formed in a practical opening (such as an air duct), not for decoration. Furthermore, the same structure can be applied not only to the scooter type vehicle but also to the vehicle body covers of other types of vehicles, so that the aesthetic appearance can be greatly improved.

[0020]

As described above, in the vehicle body cover structure according to the present invention, a screw fastening portion is formed on the cover member constituting the vehicle body cover, and the screw fastening portion is formed on another member. In a vehicle body cover structure configured to be screwed to a fastening base with a screw, a screw fastening portion is formed in a depth of a decorative opening formed in an exterior surface of the cover member.

With this arrangement, the screw fastening portion and the head of the screw tightening the screw are accommodated in the interior of the decorative opening so as to be inconspicuous on the exterior surface of the vehicle body cover (cover member), thereby greatly improving the aesthetic appearance of the vehicle. Can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a left side view of a scooter type vehicle showing an example of a vehicle to which a vehicle body cover structure according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the scooter type vehicle.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a forehead of a vehicle body cover showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4A is a left side view of the front part of the vehicle body cover in which the IVA portion of FIG. 1 is enlarged, and FIG.

FIG. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line VV in FIG. 4 (A).

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Scooter type vehicle 10 Body cover 11 Front leg shield which is a cover member constituting body cover 12 Leg shield cover as other members 29 Screw fastening seat surface 34 Screw fastening pedestal 42 Screw 21 Decorative opening

Claims (1)

[Claims] A screw fastening seat surface is formed on a cover member of a vehicle body cover, and the screw fastening seat surface is formed on a screw fastening seat formed on another member. In the vehicle body cover structure configured to be tightened by the screws 42, 42, the screw fastening seat surfaces 29, 29 are formed in the interior of the decorative openings 21, 21 formed in the exterior surface of the cover member 11. Characteristic vehicle body cover assembly structure.